Federal elections

Nathan Gallagher
  • 2 years 1 month ago

Democracy is never ‘first past the post’

We supposedly live in a representative democracy. Yet in 2011, a party that only 39.6 per cent of the electorate voted for took majority control of Parliament .Continue...
  • 3 years 2 months ago

Western Canada is left behind in federal politics

The Canadian federal election in October shed some much-needed light on important aspects of our nation’s political climate that are still going unaddressed. One of these notable outcomes was the plight of Western Canada, which was visible in the election results coming from Alberta and Saskatchewan. Continue...
  • 3 years 5 months ago

Identity shapes values, making the political personal

Election season in an (unofficially) two-party democracy is always nerve-wracking. The argument constantly resurfaces over which party leader is stronger, or even the lesser of two evils.Continue...
  • 3 years 6 months ago

At panel discussion, Queen’s experts talk federal election issues

Leading up to the federal election on Oct. 21, Queen’s School of Policy Studies is hosting a series of roundtable discussions featuring four experts on topics including domestic policy, migration, and foreign policy.Continue...
  • 3 years 6 months ago

Federal Conservatives’ anti-university attitude won’t fly

When politicians target universities, they diminish hard-working students and professors sharing knowledge and curiosity—not some imagined intellectual elite.Continue...

Liberal candidate Mark Gerretsen (center) will be the MP for Kingston and the Islands.
  • 7 years 5 months ago

Updated: Gerretsen wins by landslide

After 78 days of campaigning, Liberal candidate Mark Gerretsen has been declared the Member of Parliament to represent Kingston and the Islands in Ottawa.Continue...
From left to right: Conservative Andy Brooke, Green Nathan Townend, Liberal Mark Gerretsen, Libertarian Luke McAllister and NDP Daniel Beals.
  • 7 years 5 months ago

Queen's hosts debate for Kingston and the Islands MP candidates

All five federal MP candidates for Kingston and the Islands — Conservative Andy Brooke, Green Nathan Townend, Liberal Mark Gerretsen, Libertarian Luke McAllister and NDP Daniel Beals — took to the podium in Grant Hall to debate student-centric issues Thursday night.Continue...
  • 7 years 5 months ago

A guide to voting in the federal election

They say the first time’s always special.Continue...
  • 12 years 4 days ago

Go vote

Before using the Vote Compass, I thought it would be a fun little activity with no bearing on how I would actually vote. Seeing the results, however, caused me to reflect on the phenomenon of people supporting politicians whose politics they don’t necessarily agree with.Continue...

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